Biography
The Beu Sisters launched what looked like an auspicious recording career at the start of 2002, bringing a spirited attitude, striking looks, and strong vocal ability to the table. For Candice, Christie, Danielle, and Jiliane Beu, however, harmonizing had always been an ordinary household activity.
Raised from birth in New York City, the sisters grew up immersed in classic Broadway repertoire. Both parents had deep roots in the performing arts and appeared in landmark stage productions. The family relocated from Manhattan to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in 1991, and once settled the girls resumed their singing. Their parents’ separation three years afterward failed to discourage heartfelt songwriting, and the siblings remained committed to building lives around music.
A self-produced demo emerged in 1997. The quartet also created costumes and choreographed dance numbers to sharpen their stage presentation. By this point the sisters had reached their teenage years and begun exploring separate passions: Candice displayed a strong talent for drawing and painting, Jiliane gravitated toward costume design, youngest sibling Danielle preferred typical adolescent pastimes with friends, and Christie excelled as a surfer, capturing first place at the Women’s East Coast Surfing Championships held at Cape Hatteras in 2000. Despite these individual pursuits, the group continued performing together.
Before the decade closed, they had become a polished a cappella ensemble and opened concerts for Billy Ray Cyrus, Bad Company, Ricochet, John Anderson, and country artist Daryle Singletary. They also devoted months to assembling press materials. Noted songwriter Desmond Child, whose credits include KISS, Bon Jovi, and Aerosmith, took an interest. Three days after receiving the demo, the sisters auditioned at his Miami residence, where S-Curve Records president Steve Greenberg offered them a deal.
Across the next two years the Beu Sisters refined their funky pop/rock approach, with Christie developing vocal arrangements while the group collaborated with several songwriters. Their first full-length release, the warmly reflective Decisions, arrived in 2002.
Raised from birth in New York City, the sisters grew up immersed in classic Broadway repertoire. Both parents had deep roots in the performing arts and appeared in landmark stage productions. The family relocated from Manhattan to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in 1991, and once settled the girls resumed their singing. Their parents’ separation three years afterward failed to discourage heartfelt songwriting, and the siblings remained committed to building lives around music.
A self-produced demo emerged in 1997. The quartet also created costumes and choreographed dance numbers to sharpen their stage presentation. By this point the sisters had reached their teenage years and begun exploring separate passions: Candice displayed a strong talent for drawing and painting, Jiliane gravitated toward costume design, youngest sibling Danielle preferred typical adolescent pastimes with friends, and Christie excelled as a surfer, capturing first place at the Women’s East Coast Surfing Championships held at Cape Hatteras in 2000. Despite these individual pursuits, the group continued performing together.
Before the decade closed, they had become a polished a cappella ensemble and opened concerts for Billy Ray Cyrus, Bad Company, Ricochet, John Anderson, and country artist Daryle Singletary. They also devoted months to assembling press materials. Noted songwriter Desmond Child, whose credits include KISS, Bon Jovi, and Aerosmith, took an interest. Three days after receiving the demo, the sisters auditioned at his Miami residence, where S-Curve Records president Steve Greenberg offered them a deal.
Across the next two years the Beu Sisters refined their funky pop/rock approach, with Christie developing vocal arrangements while the group collaborated with several songwriters. Their first full-length release, the warmly reflective Decisions, arrived in 2002.
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